Bollywood musical drama, Khushboo, directed by Gulzar and written by Bhushan Banmali was released on May 8, 1975. The movie starred Jeetendra and Hema Malini in lead roles while Farida Jalal, Leela Mishra, Asrani, Durga Khote, Dev ihsan and Sarika also played important roles in the film. The evergreen melodious hit music of the movie was directed by the well known veteran music director Rahul Dev Burman while the songs were rendered by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle etc.

The movie starts with two child named Brindaban ( Jeetendra ) and Kusum ( Hema Malini ), who are living in neighbourhood in a small village. Both are in love with each other and decides to get married with each when they grow up. Kusum has even tattooed his name on her forearm. But destiny plays its game and the lovebirds get seperated from each other. Brindaban leaves the village because of some secret reason and Kusum thinks that he has betrayed her. She burns her arm in anger to remove the tattoo of his name from her arm.

Years later, Kusum is now a grown up girl. She is looking after a wealthy old women of her village. One day, the old women falls sick and a doctor is called for her treatment. Kusum gets shocked to see that the doctor is none other than Brindaban. In deep of her heart she still loves him but does not want to show it to him. She wants him to approach first and also to say sorry to her for all what happened in past.

The hit songs of the movie are:

1. O manzhi re apna kinara
2. Bechara dil kya kare
3. Ghar jaayegi
4. Do nainon mein aansoo